Men's Lacrosse

The UMBC men's lacrosse team opens its
45th season of intercollegiate lacrosse on
Saturday, Feb. 18 when the Retrievers host Robert Morris
University. This will be the first meeting between UMBC and RMU on
the lacrosse field. The opening face-off takes place at 1:00 p.m.
at UMBC Stadium. The game is available on V1370, beginning with the
pregame show at 12:55 p.m., hosted by Gary Stein. All UMBC home
lacrosse games are streamed with several cameras and audio
on www.umbcretrievers.tv.

SCOUTING THE RETRIEVERS

In 2012, head coach Don Zimmerman enters his
19th season at UMBC. Amongst active Division I
coaches, he is ninth in total victories (208) and 14th in winning
percentage (.615). Ed Stephenson, who spent six years (1995-2000)
at UMBC, returns as associate head coach and joins former Retriever
Andy Gallagher and Rocco Vicchio on the sidelines.

Twenty-five players and eight starters return from last year's
squad. The Retrievers (6-7, 3-2 AEC) had a winning league record
and earned a spot in the four-team America East Conference
Championships for the eighth consecutive year.

SR A Rob
GrimmJR A Scott
Jonesand JR D Ethan
Murphy have been named captains for the 2012
Retrievers. Grimm is UMBC's active scoring leader with 89 points
(43-46-89). He needs 11 points to become the 29th player in school
history to hit the 100-point plateau.

UMBC is now in its 45th season of varsity men's lacrosse with a
record of 333-275 (.548). They are 217-210 (.508) in their 31st
year at the Division I level. The Retrievers are 34-12 (.739) at
home in the last six seasons.

SCOUTING THE COLONIALS

For the first time in school history, the Robert Morris
University men's lacrosse program had former Colonials selected in
a Major League Lacrosse (ML) draft as Trevor Moore and Patrick
Smith were both chosen in the 2012 MLL Supplemental Draft held in
December. Moore, who led the nation in goals per game in 2011, was
picked in the 10th round by the Chesapeake Bayhawks, while Smith
was taken in the 12th round by the Ohio Machine.

Senior Kiel Matisz and junior Jake Hayes both tallied hat tricks
to help fi rst-year mentor Andrew McMinn earn a win in his
collegiate head-coaching debut as the Robert Morris men's lacrosse
team held off a late Bellarmine charge to claim a 9-8 victory in
each squad's 2012 regular-season opener last Saturday
afternoon.

Robert Morris earned its first postseason berth in school
history in 2011 and also became the

first Division I program since 1997 to lead the nation in
scoring offense in back-to-back seasons. The Colonials' victory
over Bucknell was also its first over a nationally-ranked opponent
in school history.

Senior midfielder Kyle Buchanan is the Colonials' leading
returning scorer- he had 20 goals and 16 assists in 2012.

TOP DAWG: In 2009, Head Coach Don
Zimmerman earned his third America East Coach of the Year honors in
the four years. Zimmerman enters the 2012 season 9th in
victories (208) and 14th in winning percentage (61.5%) amongst
active Division I coaches. The win over Binghamton on April 10,
2010 was the 200th in the career of UMBC head coach Don Zimmerman.
He is now 208-130 in his 26th year as a collegiate mentor.
Zimmerman is the 10th active coach to record 200 victories.
He coached his 250th game at UMBC vs. Hartford on May 4,
2012.

"We are pleased with the selection of
Rob, Scott and Ethan as this year's captains," head coach Don
Zimmerman said. "They are outstanding individuals in their own
right, and this trio will now have the opportunity to work together
as leaders, representing the 2012 Retrievers on and off the playing
field."

CONGRATS: Four returning players received
their first conference accolades. Junior
attackman Scott Jones and junior
defender Sam
McKelvey earned Second Team All-Conference
honors. Sophomore Zach LInkous was named
to the league's All-Rookie Team and sophomore Neill
Lewnes earned a spot on the conference's All-Academic
squad.

Sixty Retrievers have been honored by the
America East Conference on all-league teams since 2004.

BEASTS OF AMERICA EAST: UMBC is now 33-9
in eight years of America East competition and 18-3 at UMBC
Stadium.

WINNING THE TIGHT ONES: UMBC is now 23-12
in games decided by three goals or less since the beginning of the
2007 season. UMBC had won eight straight overtime decisions from
2007-09 until dropping a Feb. 20, 2010 triple overtime
decision to Delaware. UMBC's previous overtime loss was an 11-10
setback at Penn early in the 2006 season. In one-goal decisions,
UMBC has now won four in a row (dating back to a 6-5
loss to Princeton in 2009) and 15 of its last 19.

UMBC is now 15-5 in Don Zimmerman's 17
seasons in overtime and in his career, Coach Zimmerman is 17-7 in
extra time.

HOME, SWEET HOME: After 14 consecutive
winning seasons at UMBC Stadium, the Retrievers were 1-6 at home in
2010. However, UMBC bounced back to go 4-1 last year and is 34-12
(.739) at home since 2006. The Retrievers have currently won four
in a row at UMBC Stadium.

FOR OPENERS: Prior to the loss to the
Blue Hens last sesaon, UMBC had won its last seven home openers
since an 11-4 loss to Navy in 2002. After the setback to Rutgers
last week, Coach Zimmerman is now 11-7 in UMBC home openers.

THE HITS JUST KEEP COMING: UMBC's 45 wins
over a four-year period (2006-09) is the most in the school's
history, surpassing the 42 wins recorded from 1974-1977. For the
first time in school history, UMBC won 10 or more games in four
consecutive seasons.

Programs With Most Victories,
2006-09

1. Virginia 58

2. Duke 56

3. Cornell 50

4. Syracuse 47

5. UMBC 45

DON'T LOOK BACK: UMBC is now in its 45th
season of varsity men's lacrosse with a record of 333-275
(.548). The Retrievers played their 600th
intercollegiate match on March 18, 2012 at Maryland.
They are 217-210 (.508) in their 31st year at the Division I level,
achieving win No. 200 vs. Ohio State on March 21, 2009. Before the
win over Towson on April 1, 2008, the last time the program was
last over the .500 mark at the Division I level was when at the end
of its third season (1983) when the record was 19-18.

POWERFUL POWER PLAY: UMBC has been
nationally ranked in man-up percentage in four of the past six
years. In 2009, the Retrievers led the country in man-up situations
and set a school record by converting on 51.7% (30 of 57) of its
opportunities.

Year Man-Up Pct.
Year-End National Rank

2009 .517 1st

2007 .464 5th

2006 .417 7th

2005 .444 2nd

2004 .379 10th

Junior attackman Rob
Grimm is UMBC's active scoring leader with 89 points
(43-46-89). He needs 11 points to become the 29th player in school
history to hit the 100-point plateau. Grimm has points
in 36 of 41 games played in his career.

Grimm's Five-Point Games

March 31,
2009 2g,
3a vs. Towson

Feb. 19,
2011 1g,
4a at Presbyterian

March 5,
2011 3g,
2a at North Carolina

April 6,
2011 3g,
2a vs. Towson

May 3,
2012 4g,
1a at Hartford

HAT TRICKS: Sophomore Scott
Jones posted his second career three-goal game by
tallying UMBC's first three of the contest at Maryland. He recorded
four goals in the opener at Presbyterian, added five at Albany on
April 16 and recorded his fourth of the campaign vs. Vermont.
UMBC's had 11 hat tricks in 2011 - others have come from
Dave Brown
(4g at Presbyterian, 3g vs. Binghamton) Rob Grimm (UNC, Hartford),
Scott
Hopmann (Presbyterian), Joe Lustgarten
(Hartford) and Jamie Kimbles (Albany).

WHAT BROWN CAN DO FOR YOU: Dave Brown
posted a six-point game (1 goal, 5 assists) at Albany on April 16.
The five assists in a game was tied for sixth in the nation last
season and was UMBC's top-assist game since Drew Westervelt had six
vs. Vermont on April 21, 2007.

TOUGH STANZA: In its seven losses in
2011, UMBC was outscored, 30-9, in the second quarter. UMBC had
scored 13 goals in the second quarter in its first eight games
before exploding for six in a 6:50 span of the second stanza vs.
Binghamton on April 9.

TOUGHER STANZA: UMBC was outscored,
39-17, in the third quarter last season, including 17-6 in five
America East games, plus the semifinal contest at
Hartford.

GOOD STANZA: In UMBC's six wins, UMBC has
outscored its foes, 19-9, in the fourth quarter. For the season,
UMBC has won the fourth period, 36-24, and are a +6 (14-8) in 2011
league play.

REMEMBER THIS ONE?: The Retrievers
trailed Quinnpiac, 5-4, after three quarters before rallying to
win, 9-7. UMBC's last win when trailing after three quarters
occurred in the 2008 America East title game vs. Albany when the
Retrievers were behind 12-9 after 45 minutes.